Top Resources

• Artists in Canada: a database of Canadian artists and galleries
   
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography: full text entries covering those who died between 1000 and 1920
   
• Internet Movie Database: a vast database of movies and movie information

 

Biography

• Biography.com

• Nobel Prize: biographies of Nobel winners

 

Movies

• Chasing the Frog: find information on movies based on books; can view list of movies by year 

• National Film Board of Canada

 

Music

• Find Sounds: search for sound effects and musical instrument samples

• Folk Music Index

• Lyric Server: great site for lyrics

• Sheet Music Collections: from the Music Library Association

• Song Facts: searchable database of song information

 

Television and Radio

• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: searchable by programme, person, network or category from 1949 to present

• Zap2it: TV and movie guide. Includes listings

 

Theatre

• Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

• Theatre BC